agoraphobia
/ˌæɡ.ə.ɹəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/
"agoraphobia" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“agoraphobia” is uncommon English (frequency #63,408 among 3,931 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,408
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
Corpus desk
Index EN-agoraphobia · agoraphobia · English
agoraphobia · rank #63,408 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,408
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Aeneid
Nearest frequency peer: Aeneid (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “agoraphobia”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- addressee
addressee
36,597 corpus weight
- adenine
adenine
36,596 corpus weight
- ADU
ADU
36,595 corpus weight
- Aeneid
Aeneid
36,594 corpus weight
- agoraphobia
agoraphobia
36,593 corpus weight
- airpower
airpower
36,592 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “agoraphobia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | agoraphobia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌæɡ.ə.ɹəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #63,408 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “agoraphobia” in English
Rare enough to double-check
agoraphobia is uncommon English at frequency #63,408 among 3,931 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌæɡ.ə.ɹəˈfəʊ.bi.ə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for agoraphobia, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin agoraphobia, from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá, “assembly”) + φοβία (phobía, “fear”). By surface analysis, agora + -phobia. Coined by Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal in 1871. The correct English form is agoraphobia, spelled A-G-O-R-A-P-H-O-B-I-A.
Definition
- 1The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
- 2An aversion to markets.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how agoraphobia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Now, you know that the classical analytical explanation of agoraphobia of the early 1900s was that it represented a street phobia because the patient equated streetwalking with prostitutional activity[…]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:agoraphobia.
Etymology
From Latin agoraphobia, from Ancient Greek ἀγορά (agorá, “assembly”) + φοβία (phobía, “fear”). By surface analysis, agora + -phobia. Coined by Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal in 1871.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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